Lubricating and gripping device for urinary catheter package
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1. A catheter gripping and lubricating device comprising a deformable and shape-recoverable guide housing of elastomeric material having proximal and distal end portions and defining a lubricant chamber therebetween;
- an end cap at said distal end portion;
lubricant retention means at said proximal end portion for retaining lubricant within said chamber;
said end cap having a central passage and said lubricant retention means having a coaxial aperture for sliding movement of a catheter therethrough as such catheter is advanced through said lubricant chamber of said housing; and
catheter gripping means in said proximal end portion of said housing for normally and automatically frictionally engaging opposite side surfaces of the catheter to restrain sliding movement thereof but being movable into catheter releasing positions only when said proximal end portion of said housing is squeezed by a user'"'"'s fingers to permit sliding movement of the catheter through said housing;
said gripping means including clamping members with opposing surfaces normally spaced closely together but capable of spreading apart into the catheter releasing positions.
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Abstract
A device for lubricating a urinary catheter and for normally and automatically gripping the catheter but selectively releasing such catheter only when squeezing forces are applied by a user'"'"'s fingers during a catheterization procedure. Such a device is also combined with a protective container which preferably may also be used as a urine collecting pouch.
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1. A catheter gripping and lubricating device comprising a deformable and shape-recoverable guide housing of elastomeric material having proximal and distal end portions and defining a lubricant chamber therebetween;
- an end cap at said distal end portion;
lubricant retention means at said proximal end portion for retaining lubricant within said chamber;
said end cap having a central passage and said lubricant retention means having a coaxial aperture for sliding movement of a catheter therethrough as such catheter is advanced through said lubricant chamber of said housing; and
catheter gripping means in said proximal end portion of said housing for normally and automatically frictionally engaging opposite side surfaces of the catheter to restrain sliding movement thereof but being movable into catheter releasing positions only when said proximal end portion of said housing is squeezed by a user'"'"'s fingers to permit sliding movement of the catheter through said housing;
said gripping means including clamping members with opposing surfaces normally spaced closely together but capable of spreading apart into the catheter releasing positions. - View Dependent Claims (2)
- an end cap at said distal end portion;
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3. A catheter package comprising a catheter gripping and lubricating device comprising a deformable and shape-recoverable guide housing of elastomeric material having proximal and distal end portions and defining a lubricant chamber therebetween;
- an end cap at said distal end portion;
lubricant retention means at said proximal end portion for retaining lubricant within said chamber;
said end cap having a central passage and said lubricant retention means having a coaxial aperture for sliding movement of a catheter therethrough as the catheter is advanced through said lubricant chamber of said housing;
catheter gripping means in said proximal end portion of said housing for normally and automatically frictionally engaging opposite side surfaces of the catheter to restrain sliding movement thereof but being movable into catheter releasing positions only when said proximal end portion of said housing is squeezed by a user'"'"'s fingers to permit sliding movement of the catheter through said housing;
said gripping means including clamping members with opposing surfaces normally spaced closely together but capable of spreading apart into the catheter releasing positions; and
a flowable lubricant disposed in said chamber; and
a urinary catheter extending into said chamber through said aperture of said lubricant retention means. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- an end cap at said distal end portion;
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9. A urinary catheter package comprising a catheter gripping and lubricating device comprising a deformable and shape-recoverable guide housing having a generally elliptical cross sectional shape defined by convexly curved opposite side walls merging along longitudinally-extending edges to define a lubricant chamber;
- said housing having proximal and distal end portions at opposite ends of said chamber;
an end cap at said distal end portion;
lubricant retention means at said proximal end portion for retaining lubricant within said chamber;
said end cap having a axial passage and said lubricant retention means having an aperture coaxial therewith for slidably receiving a urinary catheter therethrough;
a urinary catheter extending into said chamber through said aperture of said lubricant retention means;
a flowable lubricant within said chamber; and
catheter gripping means in said proximal end portion of said housing for normally and automatically gripping said catheter to restrain sliding movement thereof but being deformable upon application of squeezing force by a user'"'"'s fingers against the curved side walls of said housing to release said catheter for sliding movement therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- said housing having proximal and distal end portions at opposite ends of said chamber;
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